Bank Indonesia stated in a press release that the nation's foreign exchange reserves at end-March 2016 can adequately cover eight months of imports or 7.8 months of imports and servicing of government foreign debt payments, well above the international standards of reserves adequacy at three months of imports.

The Indonesian rupiah has appreciated 4.4 percent against the US dollar so far this year. Based on the Bloomberg Dollar Index the rupiah stood at IDR 13,180 per US dollar at 08:20 am local Jakarta time on Friday (08/04).

Indonesia's Foreign Exchange Reserves 2008-2016:

   2008  2009
 2010  2011  2012  2013  2014  2015  2016²
Foreign Exchange
Reserves¹
 51.6  66.1  96.2 110.1 112.8   99.4  111.9  105.9  107.5

¹ in billion US dollar
² at end-March 2016
Source: Bank Indonesia

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